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Spatial Separation of Molecular Conformers and Clusters
Published on: January 9, 2014
Phase separation in a wedge: exact results
Gesualdo Delfino1, Alessio Squarcini1
1SISSA-International School for Advanced Studies, via Bonomea 265, I-34136 Trieste, Italy and INFN-Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste, 34127 Trieste, Italy.
Abstract:
The exact theory of phase separation in a two-dimensional wedge is derived from the properties of the order parameter and boundary condition changing operators in field theory. For a shallow wedge we determine the passage probability for an interface with endpoints on the boundary. For generic opening angles we exhibit the fundamental origin of the filling transition condition and of the property known as wedge covariance.
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